The Thief
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5th May 2022
Price: £9.99
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Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781529387599
I can steal anything.
‘‘Vivid, immersive, heartbreaking fantasy that will leave you desperate to return to Attolia again and again’ Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Six of Crows
‘Romance, intrigue, mystery, surprises, and sheer beautiful writing’ Cassandra Clare, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Mortal Instruments and Lady Midnight
Eugenides, can steal anything – or so he says. Then his boasting lands him in the king’s prison, and his chances of escape look slim.
So when the king’s magus invites him on a seemingly impossible quest to steal a legendary object and win back his freedom, Gen in no position to refuse.
The magus has plans for his king and his country. But Gen has plans of his own . . .
AUTHORS LOVE THE THIEF
‘The Thief books awe and inspire me’ Laini Taylor
‘Megan Whalen Turner writes vivid, immersive, heartbreaking fantasy’ Leigh Bardugo
‘Endlessly entertaining, deeply deceptive, and very, very clever’ Garth Nix
‘Romance, intrigue, mystery, surprises, and sheer beautiful writing’ Cassandra Clare
‘The world Turner creates is so tangible that not only do I believe in its characters, I almost believe in its gods’ Kristin Cashore
‘‘Vivid, immersive, heartbreaking fantasy that will leave you desperate to return to Attolia again and again’ Leigh Bardugo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Six of Crows
‘Romance, intrigue, mystery, surprises, and sheer beautiful writing’ Cassandra Clare, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Mortal Instruments and Lady Midnight
Eugenides, can steal anything – or so he says. Then his boasting lands him in the king’s prison, and his chances of escape look slim.
So when the king’s magus invites him on a seemingly impossible quest to steal a legendary object and win back his freedom, Gen in no position to refuse.
The magus has plans for his king and his country. But Gen has plans of his own . . .
AUTHORS LOVE THE THIEF
‘The Thief books awe and inspire me’ Laini Taylor
‘Megan Whalen Turner writes vivid, immersive, heartbreaking fantasy’ Leigh Bardugo
‘Endlessly entertaining, deeply deceptive, and very, very clever’ Garth Nix
‘Romance, intrigue, mystery, surprises, and sheer beautiful writing’ Cassandra Clare
‘The world Turner creates is so tangible that not only do I believe in its characters, I almost believe in its gods’ Kristin Cashore
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Reviews
** Praise for Megan Whalen Turner **
The Queen's Thief books awe and inspire me. They have the feel of a secret, discovered history of real but forgotten lands. The plot-craft is peerless, the revelations stunning, and the characters flawed, cunning, heartbreaking, exceptional
Megan Whalen Turner writes vivid, immersive, heartbreaking fantasy that will leave you desperate to return to Attolia again and again
Megan Whalen Turner's Queen's Thief books are like the characters she creates: endlessly entertaining, deeply deceptive, and very, very clever
Megan Whalen Turner is one of my all-time favorite writers . . . impossible to put down
Romance, intrigue, mystery, surprises, and sheer beautiful writing
Trust me. Just read it. Then read it again, because it will not be the same river twice
The world Turner creates is so tangible that not only do I believe in its characters, I almost believe in its gods
A welcome return for a classic, vivid, and immersive fantasy. A novel of intrigue, suspense, adventure, and plenty of surprise
Mentioned in the '12 Books to Help You Love Reading Again'
Christmas gift guide: 'Immersive and timeless'
An extremely entertaining adventure story, woven throughout with magical elements that are wholly in keeping with the setting. She has a natural storyteller's style, and recounts the myths with rhythm and subtlety, bringing her skilfully woven alternative history vividly to life
